Trousers-retainer.



No. 795,064. I PATENTED JULY 18, 1905. S. REITER.

TROUSERS RETAINER.

APPLICATION rum; AUG. 5. 1904.

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TROUSERS-RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 795,064, dated July 18, 1905.

I Application filed August 5, 1904:. Serial No. 219,652.

' terior of the trousers at the waistband, extending along the back of the waistband, being attached at its extremities to the forward suspender-buttons, so that while the trousers are held up by the device in a comfortable manner no severe pressure is brought to bear upon the abdomen.

A further feature of the invention is to provide a construction of trousers-retainer capable of adjustment to the waist measurement of a prospective wearer.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a view representing the improved device applied, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device.

In the construction of the belt two main members A and A are employed, which are of elastic material, and each of these main members A and A at its inner or opposing end has a leather tip secured thereto, which tips are designated as 10 and 10 and are shown particularly in Fig. 2. These tips are permanently attached at one of their ends only to the main members or sections A and A of the belt and at their opposite ends are provided with hems 11, and the said tips 10 and 10 are folded upon themselves at the rear of the retainer, as is also shown in Fig. 2, and the free ends of the said tips 10 and 10 are adjustably held in place by means of links 12,

by a link 14:, which is passed through the loops 13, formed by the folding of the tips or tabs 10 and 10, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Under this construction it will be observed that the rear central portion of the retainer is flat and practically smooth, and therefore does not tend to cause discomfort on the part of the wearer.

If desired, buttonholes 15 are placed in the tips or tabs 10 and 10, so that these portions of the retainer may be secured to the rear suspender buttons when such buttons are brought close together, the loops 13 at the back being reduced to a minimum size at such time.

The main take-up portion of the belt of the retainer is that portion at the outer ends of the elastics or main sections A and A, wherein it will be observed from Fig. 2 that the said main members A and A are bent upon themselves to form loops 17, adjustably controlled by adjusting-clamps 18 of any suitable description. A link 19 is passed through each of the loops 17 at the front of the device, and each link 19 serves as a carrier for a tab 20, having a suitable buttonhole 21, and when the device is in place on the person of the wearer the buttonholes 21 in the front tabs 20 receive the rearward ones of the front pairs of Suspender-buttons on the waistband of a pair of trousers, as is shown in Fig. 1, and as the elastic section of the device is placed under more or less severe tension when this engagement is effected the body portion of the retainer has an exterior tensional bearing on the waistband of the trousers extending from the rearward Suspender-button at one side to the corresponding Suspender-button on the other side.

It is also obvious that when a trousers-retainer is constructed as described it serves all the purposes served by a belt to hold up the trousers; but it is not as uncomfortable as a belt, since it does not extend over the front portion of the trousers or have injurious or uncomfortable bearing upon the abdomen.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A trousers-retainer, constructed of two separate strap-sections of elastic material, each adapted to extend partly around the waist of the wearer from the rear, adjusting devices between the inner ends of said sections, and tabs carried by the free ends of the sections and formed with buttonholes, said adjusting devices comprising flexible folded tips, a connecting-link therefor, and links for holding the free ends of the tips in place, said tips being provided with buttonholes.

2. A trousers-retainer, comprising two elastic sections having loops formed at their for- 20 SAMUEL REITER.

Witnesses:

JNo. M. BITTER, F. WV. HANAFoRD. 

